The first winner of an iPad Mini from the 13NTC evaluation drawing is Barbara Jones from March of Dimes! Could you be the next winner? Share your feedback from the NTC to be entered for the next drawing.
A monthly roundup of our favorite nonprofit tech resources and other goodies.
Does the Nonprofit Technology Conference already feel like ages ago? Were you unable to make it this year? Never fear: NTEN's Communities of Practice offer space to connect with fellow nonprofit techies online year-round.
We interrupt this blogcast to bring you an important alert.
Now in our seventh year of collecting and reporting on these nonprofit technology spending and practices data, this research provides not only the benchmarks you and your organization can use for assessing and planning your technology budgets and strategies, but also provides valuable benchmarks for the nonprofit sector as a whole in gauging the maturity and effectiveness of technology strategies and use.
With NTEN’s strategic outcomes in mind, this report examines: technology staffing levels, technology budgets, overall organizational approach to technology decisions, as well as technology oversight and management practices.
Key findings from this year’s survey:
Jamie Millard and Chris Oien covered a lot of ground in Organizational Leadership with Social Media Insights, including some really useful tips on using Google Analytics' newer social reporting tools. I couldn't hope to capture it all, but their structure for a metrics report - tied to strategic goals - struck me as a great potential starting point for a lot of organizations hoping to start making some sense of all those numbers.
Question: How did NTEN decide which kind of animal to make available for hugging during session breaks?
More illustrated session notes from 13NTC: Supporter Engagement Strategy.
Here are some visual notes from the #13ntc session on visual note-taking (because that's so obvious, right?).
Turns out there was a "stuck at the airport" track this year!
